[CQ-Contest] Italian power explained -

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/10/02 9:33:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
thompson at mindspring.com writes:

> Back in the late 70's I visited a well known G3 Contest station.  He had the
>  100 watt transceiver with a small linear that could do 300 or 400 watts 
out.
>  They did have nice antennas but I asked how they did so well (against the
>  300 watt I's).  He said the secret was the "antenna tuner" which was 
mounted
>  in a big drawer.  The tuner had several 3-500Z's and a 4KV power supply.

    Gee - an 'active' antenna tuner. Nothing new there.

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC